Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Bust of Aristotle

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Bust of Aristotle
Image View: 
Detail, three quarter view of head from right side; mantle is modern addition
Creator: 
after Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location: 
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. 8575
Location Note: 
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46; Ludovisi Collection
GPS: 
+41.901172+12.473059
Date: 
Roman copy, ca. 117-138 CE (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Roman (ancient)
Style Period: 
Imperial (Roman); Late Classical
Work Type 1: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
marble; alabaster drapery
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Subjects: 
portrait; Aristotle; portrait bust; philosopher
Description: 
Roman copy (Hadrianic Period, 117-138 CE) after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos from 330 BCE; the alabaster mantle is a modern addition. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
7A3-R-PAL-BOA-A02
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.